Plum crazy

In the post of my latest project, a pen display box, is the latest pen I’ve completed. This a challenge even though it’s not segmented or inlaid. I received a burl block from someone and it was full of cracks and inclusions that appeared similar to obsidian.Having no idea what he’d sent, I cut a sliver off and started turning. I had to wear a full face-shield because the inclusions were sharp and hard, almost like glass in numerous cases. It looks and smells like cherry but we don’t usually get cherry from the west coast. I contacted the person who sent it to me and they informed me that it’s a plum burl. So, here’s a chrome cigar dressed in naturally occuring, inclusion-laden plum burl finished with MM, CA, and buffed out with a top coat of plastic polish.